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Chainfire

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7. I recently worked at Florida State University
Wed Feb 10, 2021, 10:36 AM
Feb 2021

There was a place on campus called the "free speech zone." Anyone could come, set up a podium and spout whatever came to mind.
It was usually occupied by Hellfire and Brimstone Preachers or Anti-abortion groups. If the speakers stirred up too much hate, there would be a Campus Cop, on the perimeter ready to referee any physical disturbance.

Some of those preachers needed protection because they were some really hateful bastards. They wore body cams in case someone wanted to give them what they deserved. They would scream about homosexuals and accuse the young women of being whores. To them, everyone was hell-bound and they needed to be told about it. MY office was within a hundred yards of the place, so I would sometimes grab a take-out take in the show at lunchtime.

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